"Work is set to resume at the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric site after the Newfoundland and Labrador government reached a deal with indigenous leaders that will add more delays to the controversial megaproject.

Provincially owned Nalcor Energy used buses to remove protesters who had stormed the site last week and was bringing back about 1,000 employees to complete the work needed to protect the site’s infrastructure over the winter.

Under the agreement, leaders from three indigenous communities will review engineering reports with the assistance of outside experts in order to be satisfied with Nalcor’s rationale to begin partial flooding. The utility says it needs higher water levels to protect the site from ice damage."